Over 50% of American adults can't read above a 6th grade reading level, and this is an absolutely catastrophic civil rights crisis with implications for every facet of individual and collective life, including processing political statements by politicians, doctors, and so on

Not only does the literacy crisis have dire consequences for health outcomes and democracy, but people are also being denied the opportunity to experience the world through literature, which is not the only way to engage culturally but is an incredible opportunity for psychosocial nourishment

We need to be loud about the things we love. We need to be loud about our favorite books, movies, songs, art; we need to shout them from the rooftops. Because you know who’s always loud? People who hate things. In this algorithm that rewards negativity, let’s be loud enough to drown the hatred.

THE FORK IN THE ROAD AGENT GUIDE #amquerying #writingcommunity #writersky

Talk about the stuff you create. Promote your stuff. Repost your stuff. Catapult your stuff into people's faces. Drop your stuff from a helicopter and shout about it through a megaphone to everyone. Never feel bad about sharing your stuff. You're doing it. You created it. That's no small thing dude

Apparently there is now a Lost Boys musical. It becomes clear to me that I must go to New York to *checks notes* promote… my new novel. Yes. That’s reasonable. That’s a legitimate professional reason!

Writing is hard. Not writing is harder.

you ever notice how media uses this weird framing when talking about men and boys? it's always, "hmm, women are doing better according to this specific metric. how do we help men get back on top?"

Resharing months later bc it relates directly to what I said earlier about asexual authors not being safe from censorship/pornography bans.

Called my congressional rep. @adamsmith.house.gov Please join on any initiative to impeach and remove the President for his actions and words today. These are war crimes. www.npr.org/2026/04/07/n... The office is open and taking calls.

The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.

Due to…certain misapprehensions in LONG LIVE EVIL, here I dig into what it means to love a book character become real. Is this your velveteen rabbit, is it like being parasocial with a celebrity, is reciprocity possible? What to do when the comforts & dangers of fiction crash into reality? #booksky

a) thank you b) it is a trilogy! All will be *remembers title of book 3* … oh well.

On this International Asexuality Day, in the midst of the Artemis II flight, I'm reposting my flash fiction piece featuring an explicitly ace-interpreted Artemis. (In general, read AZE Journal. They are committed to featuring aspec voices and experiences.) #internationalasexualityday #iad

Me: *in tears* It's so amazing that all of humanity has set aside their differences to partake in this amazing scientific expedition, isn't it amazing, Fiasco? Fiasco: MURDER MURDER KILL KILL

Me minding my own business: :) Every side character in my WIP: choosing violence

Hope it’s a very good #fanartfriday. So nervous about ALL HAIL CHAOS coming (next month!) & I must share as when I saw it all my worries blew away with delight. Love Rae’s artfully placed chain, the petals, the blood & the sense of fun & intensity (Key is holding onto her & the sword so tight)!

My book is out today in the UK! If you like Shakespeare, this book might be for you. If you hate Shakespeare, this book might be for you. But if you hate Agamemnon… this book is definitely for you! www.penguin.co.uk/books/470416...

Probably he feels like he’s cheating because he’s cheating… funny how that works!

I am so anti-AI, I have stopped using word databases because they added AI. Do not make these assumptions about professional creatives.

Lots of tech dudes think the "idea" is the important part of creating, not the creative journey you take through work to give that idea actual meaning. Ideas are the easiest, cheapest and least fulfilling part of it. Giving ideas life through work, and sharing that work with others, is the stuff.

Not an April Fool’s. Just another lil evil taster for ALL HAIL CHAOS. Wonder who he’s talking to and if they do, oh well anyway, you’ll know soon! #booksky

For a while I've been seeing variations upon "I only use AI to brainstorm ideas!!!", and I'm really starting to wonder what it is these people think the chatbots are providing that is simultaneously (a) beyond my brainstorming with a pen, paper, and my own imagination and cognition,

Hello my angels and devils. Would you like to see some #fanartfriday? Behold Lord Marius Valerius by @omie-wise.bsky.social - can’t wait for you all to behold him in the Gothic manor and meeting the ice raiders in All Hail Chaos.

Lil evil taste of what’s to come. Everything’s going to go great! Anyway I have a pet peeve about people who make grandiose proclamations of love and then don’t mean them. Like okay sir shake the earth to its foundations! Haunt me then! Or else. #booksky

This is a dance off! If you see this, post a dance or you’re eliminated!

This is a dance off! If you see this, post a dance or you’re eliminated!

This is a dance off! If you see this, post a dance or you’re eliminated!

One of the new goals of the far right is to make it harder for women to vote. The SAVE Act, which the Senate is debating now, would be a major vehicle to achieve that goal. Spread the word about why we need to stop SAVE. indivisible.org/actions/stop...

The SAVE Act and its more extreme version, the SAVE America Act, could shut millions of eligible citizens out of our democracy. Tell Congress to reject these attacks on our freedom to vote at aclu.org/stop_anti_voter_

Reminder: Don't pirate books. It's not like pirating movies, where it's not gonna hurt anyone. Pirating books is literally taking food out of writers' mouths. Go to the library or borrow a friend's copy.

If every person who has attempted or plans to attend a No Kings March votes Blue in the midterm election Congress can be retaken. Think about what this simple act can accomplish. Be sure you double check that you are registered to vote well in advance. This is a very patriotic act .

Some of this. Also sometimes, it’s a display of empathy, where we aren’t accepting culpability so much as commiserating.

“Don't write or draw for money. Do it because you love it...” I mean, yeah. Obviously we enjoy doing it, otherwise we wouldn't BE doing. That said, it'd be cool being paid and supported enough to simply live as creatives, and in turn, have the freedom to create wild new things without restraint.

Operation Epic Fury. A reminder, a certain epic hero's rage sent countless of his own people to their deaths.

Success as an author has many definitions. For example, here is a pile of my books that my cat is using as her favorite new viewing platform to look outside the window, and that to me is what success looks like. Making a little chonky cat happy.

Incredibly delighted to say the first review is in for ALL HAIL CHAOS, and it’s a starred review! Honestly, this book was tricky to write, and it was hard to be true to the wild ride I believe it was meant to be. This makes me hope I did right by you. 😘 Thank you @ala-booklist.bsky.social

Face reveal. Wrong answers only.

Measles was wiped out in the U.S. 25 years ago and now we’re already past 1,000 cases in February because vaccination rates dropped below the safety line. This is what happens when public health gets gutted and people stop trusting basic science.

Please vote today for “These Marbles Were Never White” in the short non-fiction category if you can! It would mean the world to me to see my essay about the importance of Greek and BIPOC voices in Greek myth adaptations make it to the shortlist 🏛️

“So one thing is worth much: to keep on living with truth and justice and in good will even among liars and unjust men” Ἓν ὧδε πολλοῦ ἄξιον, τὸ μετ᾿ ἀληθείας καὶ δικαιοσύνης εὐμενῆ τοῖς ψεύσταις καὶ ἀδίκοις διαβιοῦν. #Aurelius

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center: If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.

me to my therapist:

a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.

Taking an anti-vaccination stances against a treatment that saves the life of ONE IN FIVE HUNDRED KIDS and has no verified deaths involving healthy recipients is not just anti-science and anti-logic, it's evil. I have studied this disease too extensively to soften that word. It's just evil.

“This untapped potential of asexual storytelling is one way that I think of asexuality as an abundance, in contrast to the usual narrative of lack.” The amount of times this interview got me resonating!!! From the playing pretend as a kid and writing it down, to ace gothic romance, to abundance.

The SAVE America Act is a danger for democracy, but we still have a chance to defeat it in the Senate. Tell your senators to stop this bill at aclu.org/stop_anti_voter_